. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPHOLOGUS. 4S; 26. LAMPROLOGUS FURCFFER. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 9, pi. ii. fig. 1, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 407 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 295. Depth of body 4 to 4j times in total length, length of head 2|- to 3 times. Head, twice as long as broad.; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 34; to 3§ times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width; mouth extending to below anter
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. LAMPHOLOGUS. 4S; 26. LAMPROLOGUS FURCFFER. Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xv. 1898, p. 9, pi. ii. fig. 1, and Poiss. Bass. Congo, p. 407 (1901) ; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1904, p. 295. Depth of body 4 to 4j times in total length, length of head 2|- to 3 times. Head, twice as long as broad.; snout as long as or a little longer than eye, which is 34; to 3§ times in length of head and exceeds interorbital width; mouth extending to below anterior fourth of eye; 6 large canines, wide apart, in front of upper jaw, and 4 in front of lower, followed by a moderately broad band of minute teeth ; lateral teeth very small; cheek with deciduous scales. Gill-rakers short, 14 to 16 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal XIX-XXI 7-9 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which measures f length of head; Fig. 334. Lawprologus furiiifer. Type (Tr. Z. S. 1898). f. some of the soft rays produced, | to f length of head. Anal VI-VII 5-6 ; last spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral 4 length of head. Ventral reaching vent or origin of anal. Caudal with deep crescentic notch. Caudal peduncle 1| to 2 times as long as deep. Scales 50-60 6-8 16-20 > lateral lines f^zur- Dark brown, with very indistinct blackish cross-bars on the body ; spinous dorsal and ventrals blackish ; round black spots on the soft dorsal and caudal; caudal lobes tipped with whitish. Total length 125 millim. Lake Tanganyika. 2 1 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London : Printed by order of the Trustees : Sold by Longmans & Co. , B. Quaritch, Dulau & Co. , and at the British Mu
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